Lindsay's review
Walden and Civil Disobedience (150th Anniversary)
by Henry David Thoreau
Lindsay's review
Walden and Civil Disobedience (150th Anniversary) by Henry David Thoreau
Lindsay's review
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During high school, I loved Emerson, read him in depth, but I couldn't for the life of me get into Thoreau, and so I winged it (luckily the teacher didn't test us on it). But when the two were assigned side by side in college, it was all I could do to trudge through Emerson. Instead, I delighted sitting out on my fire escape on a cool late summer evening turning page after page of Thoreau. Yes, I know the real story behind his "live deliberately" ethos wasn't quite so romantic, and yes, I've heard a whole lot about his less-than-savory personality traits, but this is thrilling idealism! I wish I had a tiny version of this book to tote around with me for snippets of empowerment.
